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COACHES & SUPPORT STAFF

JOHN RUSSO VARSITY ASSISTANT COACH DERRICK RAYMOND VARSITY ASSISTANT/
John Russo returns for his 14th season at BSM, TEAM VIDEO COACH
where he coaches the Red Knights’ defense and is Derrick Raymond enters his sixth season with the
in charge of the team’s penalty-killing unit. He came BSM hockey Derrick Raymond enters his seventh
to BSM in 2007 after filling a similar role on Ken season with the BSM hockey program, and will
Pauly’s staff at Minnetonka. assist with the varsity team during practices as well
Last season, the Red Knights were 78 for 89 on as on game days as the team’s video coach.
the penalty kill, an .876 mark which was its best penalty-killing effort Prior to joining the Red Knights, he worked for six years as a
in Russo’s 13 seasons. member of the staff at Robbinsdale Cooper High School.
In 25 years as a high school coach, Russo is recognized as one Highly involved in youth sports, Raymond has served in numerous
of the top assistant coaches in high school hockey. He has been a capacities for the Armstrong-Cooper Youth Hockey Association,
member of five state tournament coaching staffs and has earned where he is a member of the ACYHA player development
three Section Assistant Coach of the Year awards (2008, 2012, committee.
2018) at BSM, for a total of five career awards. Raymond currently resides in New Hope with his wife, Jessica, and
He has served as a head coach in the highly-regarded Upper their four children, Jeff, John, Natalie and Nicole. He is employed
Midwest High School Elite League and has been a part of by Johnson Paper & Supply, Co. in Northeast Minneapolis.
the coaching staffs at Blake School, Orono High School and
Minnetonka High School, along with three seasons as an assistant
coach at Gustavus Adolphus College. CHRIS MCGOWAN JUNIOR VARSITY CO-HEAD COACH
In 2015 he was named the chairman of the Hobey Baker Chris McGowan (BSM ‘91) returns for his 14th
Committee, tasked with choosing college hockey’s top player, and season guiding the Red Knights’ junior varsity
remains as a member of the board of directors. squad. A member of Ken Pauly’s first varsity hockey
Russo is an attorney who resides in Plymouth with his wife and team at BSM in 1990-91, He has 10 years of youth
family. hockey coaching experience.
Over the previous 13 seasons, McGowan has led
BSM’s junior varsity squad to a 197-101-24 record.
CASEY MAIKKULA VARSITY ASSISTANT COACH
Casey Maikkula is entering his 12th season as a McGowan served as the head bantam A coach at Minnetonka
high school hockey coach, and third season with for three years prior to his return to BSM for the 2007-08 season.
the Red Knights. He also coached bantam hockey in the Edina Youth Hockey
Association for seven seasons.
Prior to joining the Coach Pauly’s staff, Casey
served as an assistant coach at his alma-mater, A three-sport athlete during his prep career, competing in hockey,
Robbinsdale Cooper High School for five seasons, soccer and tennis, McGowan attended St. Mary’s University in
followed by year-long stops at St. Michael-Albertville and Rogers, Winona, Minn., where he played soccer for four years. He received
before a three-year stint at Maple Grove - one as an assistant with his bachelor’s degree from the school in 1995 and also holds an
the boys program, and two as an assistant with the girls program. MBA from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson
While at Maple Grove, Maikkula helped each team reach the state College.
tournament for the second time in their histories; the boys in 2016- McGowan was raised in Edina and currently resides in Chaska
2017, and the girls in 2018-2019. with his wife, Jane, and children, Caitlin and C.J. He is employed
Since joining the Red Knights in the fall of 2017, Maikkula has by Staples, Inc., as a manager in the global enterprise accounts
division.
been tasked with various responsibilities by Coach Pauly; ranging
from on-ice skill development to off-ice scouting and social media
coordination. This season will mark his first as a full-time varsity
assistant with the Red Knights.
Maikkula earned a bachelor of science degree in marketing from
Metropolitan State University in 2012 and, along with coaching,
has served as a social media consultant for professional athletes,
musicians, and other public figures since 2010. Most notably, LET'S GO RED KNIGHTS!
former Minnesota Viking running back Adrian Peterson.

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